The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate opinions regarding the Veteran's skin and knee disabilities. The remand requires additional medical opinions to address whether there is a nexus between the disabilities and service, including herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided were insufficient as they did not adequately consider the Veteran's lay statements and symptomatology, nor addressed the lack of documentation in his STRs regarding his knee injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- nummular dermatitis, capillaritis, statis dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21072666
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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